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News Briefs

ALCOA — The City of Alcoa joins potential fire truck antitrust litigation as cities face rising costs, delivery delays Alcoa has joined a growing group of local governments pursuing antitrust …

LOUISVILLE ­— A proposed mixed-use development near Louisville and Topside Road remains in the conceptual stage, but the project is highlighting a larger economic-development challenge for the town. Officials said …

TOWNSEND – Visitor traffic through Townsend has slipped thus far this year, but experts say the decline may say more about an unusually strong 2025 than a weakening local tourism …

Great Smoky Mountains National Park has begun demolishing the recreation building at LeConte Lodge, launching a reconstruction project complicated by the lack of road access to one of the park’s …

Making Moves

Triple F, an athletic development facility that trains youth and adults using individualized testing and coaching, marked its grand opening Monday with a ribbon-cutting at its new location in Midland …

LOUISVILLE – Sixteen Peaks Cattle Company has been named Grand Champion Overall at the inaugural American Akaushi Association Branded Beef Challenge, earning national recognition for the Blount County ranch’s Fullblood …

MARYVILLE — For Blount County parents weighing the cost of a college education against the value of the degree at the end of it, Maryville College is offering a chance …

MARYVILLE — Construction on a new single-story commercial building on Broadway in downtown Maryville is set to begin this month, according to developer James Tomiczek, a partner in the project. …

Profiles

By Steve Wildsmith, Maryville College No one quite knows why Wiley Rutledge 1914 withdrew from Maryville College a year before he was to have graduated, but the man who would …

The legend goes that it started from the trunk of a car. In 1956, McGhee Tyson was still an active-duty Air Force base, Blount County was largely rural, and the …

Alice Basler has always trusted her instincts. The Maryville real estate professional once closed on a house the same day she saw it. So when she drove past a vacant …

Sylvia Davis did not set out to open a store 10 years ago. She and her husband Barry were driving past a strip center on Topside Road in Louisville one …

Rising Stars

Update 6/11/2026 A team of fourth- and fifth-graders from Alcoa Intermediate School travelled to Washington, D.C., this month to win the national championship of the Presidential AI Challenge, a White …

By The Numbers

Local Stocks

Alcoa Aluminum (AA), Arconic (ARNCO), Cirrus Aircraft LTD (CRRSF), Cherokee Millwright (EME), Denso ADR (DENZOY), Newell (NWL), Smith & Wesson (SWBI), Vulcan Materials (VMC)

Expert Advice

Smart Business Travel by Rick Hudolin, Travel Hounds Travel Advisors There’s a moment I love when traveling.The bags are packed. The out-of-office message is on. You’ve made it through the …

Marketing That Matters by Marcedes Schindler, THE HOTEL INSIDER There is a lot of hesitation among small business owners when it comes to artificial intelligence. Some think it is too …

Rick Hudolin | CBBC Bank Let me paint a quick picture for you. You come in on a Monday morning, grab your coffee, log into your business account — and …

By Charles Bingham, M.D. |  Ascent Healthcare Construction remains one of the highest-risk industries for workplace injuries — but the majority of these injuries are preventable.  From a physician’s standpoint, …